The Johnsons (1992)
creepy but uneven
8 January 2001
Warning: Spoilers
The Johnsons are a strange family. Seven brothers(Septuplets)are the harbingers of an AGE OF EVIL that will COME TO PASS when they gang rape their own sister. This is only part of a very twisty story involving an Amazonian cult, a secret government investigation, and the nightmares of a 14 year old girl. It eventually gets scary and bloody. A machete, and later, an electric carving knife are employed... The only bad part is the anthropologist's father, who is suppose to be funny, but actually undermines the mood, the believability, and ultimately, the entire movie. He is not funny(a funny part is not needed anyway) his motivation makes NO SENSE(if he's against THE EVIL why doesn't he HELP his son??!!) and his part in the final scene makes it stupid.

This movie is very much like an X-files episode, but gorier, and gets pretty scary in parts, but, there's no escaping that Father character, and even now, just writing this, I'm getting angry about how stupid he was...still not a bad movie. Recommended to X-files and horror fans.
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